I thought about purchasing one, even after having the horrible experience of driving a GTS for 2 months. I thought it would be nice to have one to thrash around when I wasn't driving my Gen III.
I keep reading the horrible reviews about these cars. I read that they are unreliable and have terrible handling characteristics. Of course, they look like kit cars. Many of these cars look like they were put together in someone's garage. Sit one next to a new SRT-10 and no one will ever give it a second look.
The market is killing these cars. You can get one for next to nothing. Just look at e-bay any day of the week. You'll find countless examples languishing away. Just sitting there with no buyers, even though the asking price is about what you'd pay for a used Camry.
I guess that the bad reputation has finally caught up with these cars. Once the world figured out that these cars handled like garbage trucks, the hideous looks could no longer be ignored. And now that it has less power than a Vette, the looks, lack of handling and unreliability really prevent most people from buying one.
The worst thing is the way that the complete lack of quality and the kit car looks have tarnished the "Viper" image. For the first time, Dodge is producing a world class exotic bearing the Viper name. However, the general public still thinks of the earlier examples when they hear Viper. No one will believe that the new car is as good as it is, no matter how great it looks.
Now imagine the response if I had posted this on the Gen I, II forums. Yet owners of Gen I and II cars routinely post this kind of crap on here. I can't imagine doing such a thing because I have a bit of tact and class. Maybe these guys should think before they post. The guys who make posts like that are giving the vast majority of Viper owners a bad name.
Those types of posts have made this forum feel like some ricer boy forum.
For the record, I love the Gen I and II cars. I had access to a GTS for a while. It was a great car. Personally, the SRT-10 screamed out at me. Personally, I thought it was more exotic and "Viperish." You notice I didn't say that it WAS better looking, just that TO ME it is.
I just hope this thread causes some people to think before tactlessly referring to another person's pride and joy as 'ugly', 'plain' or 'milk toast.'
DC
I keep reading the horrible reviews about these cars. I read that they are unreliable and have terrible handling characteristics. Of course, they look like kit cars. Many of these cars look like they were put together in someone's garage. Sit one next to a new SRT-10 and no one will ever give it a second look.
The market is killing these cars. You can get one for next to nothing. Just look at e-bay any day of the week. You'll find countless examples languishing away. Just sitting there with no buyers, even though the asking price is about what you'd pay for a used Camry.
I guess that the bad reputation has finally caught up with these cars. Once the world figured out that these cars handled like garbage trucks, the hideous looks could no longer be ignored. And now that it has less power than a Vette, the looks, lack of handling and unreliability really prevent most people from buying one.
The worst thing is the way that the complete lack of quality and the kit car looks have tarnished the "Viper" image. For the first time, Dodge is producing a world class exotic bearing the Viper name. However, the general public still thinks of the earlier examples when they hear Viper. No one will believe that the new car is as good as it is, no matter how great it looks.
Now imagine the response if I had posted this on the Gen I, II forums. Yet owners of Gen I and II cars routinely post this kind of crap on here. I can't imagine doing such a thing because I have a bit of tact and class. Maybe these guys should think before they post. The guys who make posts like that are giving the vast majority of Viper owners a bad name.
Those types of posts have made this forum feel like some ricer boy forum.
For the record, I love the Gen I and II cars. I had access to a GTS for a while. It was a great car. Personally, the SRT-10 screamed out at me. Personally, I thought it was more exotic and "Viperish." You notice I didn't say that it WAS better looking, just that TO ME it is.
I just hope this thread causes some people to think before tactlessly referring to another person's pride and joy as 'ugly', 'plain' or 'milk toast.'
DC
